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• 2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows

  09-12-2025 04:46 via article.wn.com
  Copernicus deputy director says three-year average for 2023 to 2025 on track to exceed 1.5C of heating for first time...
  
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• Machado backs Trump’s ‘regime change war’ against Maduro as Venezuela tension escalates with tanker seizure

  14-12-2025 20:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado offers careful praise of Venezuela pressure campaign, which has led to more than 80 dead
  
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• Why Hallmark holiday movie fans are flocking to Connecticut’s charming streets

  14-12-2025 20:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  The allure of seeing these cinematic backdrops firsthand is proving irresistible.
  
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• Sudan, South Sudan vow to boost cooperation in energy, oil, trade

  14-12-2025 19:56 via article.wn.com
  KHARTOUM, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Sudan and South Sudan on Sunday agreed to strengthen bilateral relations and expand cooperation, particularly in energy, oil, trade, investment and political affairs. The agreement...
  
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• Joint press release issued on meeting between Chinese, Saudi FMs

  14-12-2025 19:56 via article.wn.com
  RIYADH, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, and with a view to strengthening China-Saudi relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, paid a visit to Saudi Arabia on Dec. 14. The two foreign ministers held talks, reviewing the friendly comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries and expressing...
  
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• Who are Mia Tretta and Zoe Weissman? Two Brown University students witnessed school shootings as children

  14-12-2025 19:52 via article.wn.com
  For Mia Tretta and Zoe Weissman, two Brown University students, yesterday's school shooting was not the first. They had both witnessed school shootings as children, and the December 13 incident brought back horrors of the past. Mia Tretta survived the Saugus High School shooting, while Zoe Weissman witnessed the Parkland High School shooting.(X/@JoshHall2024) A suspect is in custody after the shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, that had left two dead and eight injured. Who
  
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• US imposes stricter photo rules to combat immigration identity fraud, key details here

  14-12-2025 19:52 via article.wn.com
  The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has implemented stricter regulations regarding the photographs required for immigration documentation, with the aim of minimizing identity fraud. USCIS has revised its photo submission policy, allowing only images taken within the last three years to combat identity fraud.(HT_PRINT) According to the updated policy, applicants are prohibited from using outdated photographs. USCIS has stated that it will not accept images that are olde
  
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• Trump willing to seize more oil tankers off Venezuela coast, White House official says

  14-12-2025 19:52 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump is willing to seize more...
  
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• Brown University shooting suspect identified? What to know about ‘male in his 30s’ arrested from ...

  14-12-2025 19:52 via article.wn.com
  A shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island on Saturday led to the death of two people and injuries to nine. On Sunday morning, at 3:45 a.m., the Coventry Police Department in Rhode Island took the suspect into custody, they confirmed in a presser Sunday afternoon. But few details about the shooter have been released, so far. Police officers stand along Waterman St. after a shooting on Brown University's campus...
  
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• Bondi Beach shooting: Donald Trump says mass shooting in Australia a 'terrible, antisemitic attack'

  14-12-2025 19:52 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump has condemned the mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach, which killed at least 12 people on Sunday. Speaking to reporters at the White House, the Republican leader stated that the incident was a ‘terrible attack’ This screen grab of UGC video taken on December 14, 2025 shows beach-goers fleeing Bondi Beach after gunmen...
  
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• Baltic strengthens its presence in Shanghai as Maritime London hosts inaugural UK-China Shipping Forum

  14-12-2025 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Maritime London, the UK’s industry-led body for maritime...
  
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• Bondi Beach Shooting: World leaders react to deadly shootout targeting Jewish community at Australia’s Bondi Beach

  14-12-2025 19:50 via article.wn.com
  The attack, which...
  
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• ‘The inevitable has happened’: Bondi beach attack follows rise in antisemitic incidents

  14-12-2025 19:47 via article.wn.com
  In Australia, there were 1,654 anti-Jewish incidents in the year to September – three times higher than any annual total before the war in Gaza...
  
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• The Guardian view on the Bondi terror shootings: do not let these antisemitic attacks drive ...

  14-12-2025 19:47 via article.wn.com
  The beachside attack on Australia’s Jews, targeting a Hanukah gathering, reflects growing bigotry and political violence...
  
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• The Guardian view on Thailand and Cambodia: a Trump-brokered truce falls apart | Editorial

  14-12-2025 19:47 via article.wn.com
  The US president’s claims to have ended eight conflicts look shakier than ever as conflict reignites in south-east Asia and the Democratic Republic of Congo...
  
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• Manchin urges lawmakers to stop acting in ‘attack mode’ amid political violence

  14-12-2025 19:47 via article.wn.com
  Former senator’s comments echo recent call from Erika Kirk that ‘everyone has responsibility’ to tone down hatred...
  
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• Nobel laureate describes Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release

  14-12-2025 19:46 via article.wn.com
  The 63-year-old human rights advocate spent more than four years behind bars. ......
  
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• Person of interest detained in Brown University shooting that killed 2 and wounded 9

  14-12-2025 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Police in Rhode Island say they have a person of interest in custody after a shooting at Brown University killed two students and wounded nine others. The attack on Saturday afternoon set off hours of chaos across the Ivy League ......
  
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• AP News Summary at 1:02 p.m. EST

  14-12-2025 19:43 via article.wn.com
  Person of interest detained in Brown University shooting that killed 2 and wounded 9 ......
  
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• Urgent: 4 Syrian internal security personnel killed in shooting in Idlib

  14-12-2025 19:38 via article.wn.com
  DAMASCUS, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- Four...
  
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• Hallmark holiday movie fans are flocking to Connecticut’s quaint filming locations

  14-12-2025 19:35 via article.wn.com
  WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — “Christmas at Pemberly Manor” and “Romance at Reindeer Lodge” may never make it to Oscar night, but legions of fans still love these sweet-yet-predictable holiday movies — and this season, many are making pilgrimages to where their favorite scenes were filmed.Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content That’s because Connecticut — the locat
  
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• Ukraine's Zelensky drops NATO ambition as peace talks begin

  14-12-2025 19:31 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine has relinquished its aim to join the NATO military alliance in exchange for Western security guarantees as a compromise to end the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday as peace talks got underway in Berlin. Zelensky announced the concession as he flew to the German capital, where he began meetings with US President Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in efforts to end Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II. The move marks a
  
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• Bondi Beach hero revealed as Muslim fruit seller Ahmed al Ahmed

  14-12-2025 19:31 via article.wn.com
  A “hero” bystander captured on video tackling and disarming an armed man during Sunday’s deadly attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach has been named locally as Ahmed al Ahmed. ......
  
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• Drunk raccoon that went on boozy rampage in Virginia liquor store is repeat offender, officials say

  14-12-2025 19:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Supposedly this is like the third break-in he's had,’ a local animal control officer said
  
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• ‘Blood and bodies everywhere’: Eyewitnesses recount horror of Bondi beach terror attack

  14-12-2025 19:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gunmen opened fire at famous Sydney beach as Jewish families celebrated Hanukkah in what officials describe as antisemitic terrorist attack
  
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• Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski tells AP of Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release

  14-12-2025 19:23 via article.wn.com
  Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski has been released from a Belarusian prison after...
  
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• Mass shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach follows rising antisemitism in Australia

  14-12-2025 19:23 via article.wn.com
  Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called an attack on a Hanukkah...
  
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• Israel's Netanyahu lashes out while world shows shock and sympathy over Australia shooting

  14-12-2025 19:23 via article.wn.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has criticized Australia's leader, linking calls for a Palestinian...
  
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• Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery

  14-12-2025 19:23 via article.wn.com
  A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly...
  
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• Belarus Bialiatski

  14-12-2025 19:23 via article.wn.com
  Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, one of the Belarusian prisoners released on Saturday, smiles during an interview with the Associated Press in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. ......
  
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